LOWELL / SYRINGA -- Come hell or high water. That is the statement of the week. The water is rising, the creeks are roaring, and mud is sliding down on to the highway (Highway 12) along with trees and rocks, so that we never know if we can make it east or west from one minute to the next.

WHITE BIRD -- Mother Nature has really shown her true colors this past week and then some. Prayers are with all involved in the latest rainstorms, mud slides, business closures and houses being destroyed.

ELK CITY – For those of you who haven’t been down river in the last few days since we got all that rain, there are close to a dozen places where debris has slid down the mountain and across the road. The photo shows one such just below the 24-mile marker. Thanks to the road crews, they have …

RIGGINS -- Quote for this week is mine: “Everything comes to you at the right time…be patient.”

COTTONWOOD -- Well, it is Palm Sunday, so that means Easter is just one week away. We got our palm in dry so the farmers will get their hay in dry, also. Anyway, that is what the old saying is.

CLEARWATER VALLEY -- This past week the news in the Clearwater Valley has been all about the historic levels of flooding from Stites to Kamiah. Water came over roads, with slides and blowouts leading to closures of highways and local roads. Water threatened people’s houses and businesses. Th…

Five Nezperce High School students participated in the HOSA State Leadership Conference in Boise April 10-12. HOSA was formerly known as Health Occupations Students of America and continues to use the acronym despite the name change to Future Health Professionals.